He has been featured on the discovery docuseries, moonshiners and has. Popcorn sutton a hell of a life explores suttons moonshine enterprise, rise to notoriety and fall into the legal and health troubles that led to his defiant suicide. An acclaimed documentary offering an uncensored view of outlaw and master moonshiner popcorn sutton, from humble appalachian roots to folk hero finish. An allnew documentary from neverbeforeseen footage filmed from 2000 2009 in north carolina, tennessee, and west virginia. Popcorn sutton a hell of a life movie trailer youtube. The tv series surged in popularity with its portrayal of individuals who produce illicit alcohol, whats known to us as moonshine. The last one popcorn sutton documentary special edition by marvin popcorn sutton. See the rest of the story in popcorn sutton a hell of a life. Ron meyer mountain talk language and life in southern appalachia. In the 1960s or 70s, sutton was given the nickname of popcorn sutton after damaging a bars faulty popcorn vending machine with a pool cue. Popcorn sutton memorial service memories, how to make.
Popcorn sutton a hell of life, a new documentary about. A trip to the legendary moonshiners house, popcorn sutton. Popcorn and pams wedding is one of many things that is on this. Popcorn, on the other hand, was a larger than life character who was a master of self promotion. He was the author of me and my likker, an autobiography and textbook on how to make moonshine. Marvin popcorn sutton was an appalachian moonshiner. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more.
Popcorn sutton is the most famous of modern moonshiners. Popcorn sutton bonus footage from feature film a hell of a life 1. Popcorn sutton bonus footage from feature film a hell of a. Because of the nature of the business, moonshiners are not typically renowned. But perhaps more importantly to the moonshiners, its a tradition dating back hundreds of years, passed down to them from their forefathers.
Popcorn sutton bonus footage from feature film a hell of. Documentary filmmaker neal hutcheson stands with boxes with his popcorn sutton sequel hell of a life. If you are sensitive to a lot of cussing, this is not the book for you, but it does have some funny stories. It had to assassinate popcorn sutton as a character. In 2019, jb rader teamed up with a distillery in north carolina to.
Legendary moonshiner popcorn sutton became a media sensation and inspired numerous documentaries, spinoff films and ongoing reality television projects before his untimely suicide in 2009. Popcorn suttons home moonshine heritage exploring the. A hell of a life takes viewers deep into the world of an appalachian outlaw in an unforgettable portrait of the last. Daddy moonshine the story of marvin popcorn sutton by.
He appeared in two documentaries on popcorn suttons life including the 2008 film, the last one and the 2014 film, popcorn sutton. The moonshiner popcorn sutton available spring 2020. Moonshiners is an american docudrama television series on the discovery channel that dramatizes the life of people who produce illegal moonshine in the appalachian mountains of kentucky, north carolina, south carolina, tennessee, and virginia. If you are a popcorn sutton fan this is a must to add to your last run collection. Federal affidavit in the case of moonshiner marvin. A hell of a life marvin popcorn sutton closing his gate cocke county tenn. A hell of a life chronicles the modern folk hero in exclusive, never before seen footage, much of it filmed on his condition that it. Popcorn sutton shares a memory of christmas past, along with his views of christmas present. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Rader is known for his work on the last one 2008, popcorn sutton.
Popcorn sutton a hell of a life explores sutton s moonshine enterprise, rise to notoriety and fall into the legal and health troubles that led to his defiant suicide. Think the days of bootleggers, backwoods stills and white lightning are over. Marvin popcorn sutton was an american appalachian moonshiner and bootlegger. Chronicles the life and times of the worlds most famous moonshiner in privileged footage filmed in. Popcorn makes a door handle out of a scrap of wood, and says one of the things he said most frequently, i dont waste nothin. A deleted scene from the documentary popcorn sutton a hell of a life. Legendary moonshiner marvin popcorn sutton, 61, of haywood county was arrested and charged with making moonshine in march 2008.
A hell of a life takes viewers deep into the world of an appalachian outlaw in an unforgettable portrait of the last great moonshiner. Mar moonshiner popcorn sutton dead the feds have hounded this man to his death, and notoriety as a moonshiner, died monday in. An extended excerpt from the new documentary popcorn sutton a hell of a life. Filmed in north carolina, tennessee and west virginia, from 2000 until sutton s death in 2009, a hell of a life is an unforgettable portrait of the last great moonshiner. Documentary filmmaker keeps focus local with new projects. In this extended clip from the feature film popcorn sutton a hell of a life, the infamous outlaw puts the naysayers in their place. I was not really interested in how to make moonshine, but liked reading about popcorn and his life. Born in maggie valley, north carolina, he grew up, lived, and died in the rural areas around maggie valley and nearby cocke county, tennessee. In 2014, popcorn sutton distilling opened a new distillery in newport, tennessee, the county seat of.
Popcorn sutton bonus footage from feature film a hell of a life 2. Born in maggie valley, north carolina, he grew up, lived, and died in the rural. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. I want to extend my most humble gratitude to all the people who reached out. While this practice is surprisingly alive and well, its not. So he had no choice but to deny it the satisfaction of killing him in body.
Marvin popcorn sutton rose from humble appalachian roots to become a famous american outlaw, moonshiner and folk hero. Master moonshiner popcorn sutton shares his views on integrity in the modern age. Moonshine season is on and the shiners must step it up to stay ahead of big liquor and the law. Well i jumped right on the band and sent for this dvd.
From the new feature film popcorn sutton a hell of a life. Famed appalachian moonshiner marvin popcorn sutton, whose incorrigible bootlegging ways were out of step with modern times, took his own life rather than go to prison, his widow says. League of denial 20 thousands of former nfl players have claimed the league tried to cover up how football inflicted longterm brain injuries on many players. He wrote a selfpublished autobiographical guide to moonshining production, selfproduced a home video depicting his moonshining. Popcorn sutton recipe discovery channels moonshiners broke new ground in the long tales of moonshining in the u. Popcorn sutton was born on october 5, 1946 in maggie valley, north carolina, usa as marvin sutton. A hell of a life offers a raw and privileged view of his life and illegal bootlegging operation. Filmed in north carolina, tennessee and west virginia, from 2000 until suttons death in 2009, a hell of a life is an unforgettable portrait of the last great moonshiner. Popcorn sutton funeral popcorn sutton truck moonshine. The series dramatizes their liquor production efforts, lawevading techniques and lives.
Popcorn sutton with one of these stills moonshine popcorn sutton from maggie valley, nc moonshine popcorn sutton, the greatest moonshiner of all time. This is the last dam run of likker ill ever make full movie. Popcorn sutton with one of these stills moonshine popcorn sutton, the greatest moonshiner of all time. See more ideas about popcorn, moonshine still and how to make moonshine. Moonshiner popcorn sutton putting up no tresspassing signs in parrottsville, tn. Daddy moonshine the story of marvin popcorn sutton by sky sutton, northampton, ma. Wed like to say we understand why popcorn took his own life but our hearts still hurt. Born in maggie valley, north carolina, he grew up, lived, and died in the rura. Its been one year since marvin popcorn sutton turned on the ignition and took a really long trip. A 100mph wipeout puts joshs operation in jeopardy, tim takes a risk on rye, and mark and digger are hellbent on backwoods justice after mikes betrayal. Chronicles the life and times of the worlds most famous moonshiner in privileged footage filmed in north carolina, tennessee and west virginia from 20002009website. Marvin popcorn sutton october 5, 1946 march 16, 2009 was an american appalachian moonshiner and bootlegger.
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